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SPRING WIRE CLIP Filed Nov. 15, 1928 lz A (:9 W4 5/ dry Patented Oct. 29, 1929 p UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIQE WILLIAM HARRY LAWLEY, F PENZANCE, ENGLAND SPRING WIRE CLIP Application filed November 15, 1928. Serial No. 319,671.

This invention relates to spring wire clips, overlap one another, as shown in Figure 2, the chief object being to provide a simple and but upon exerting pressure inwardly on the efficient constructional form of device of this portion f, as by finger and thumb, the opencharacter for use more particularly, but not ings e are brought substantially into alignexclusively, in connection with the securing ment, as shown in Figure 3, whereby the de of magneto high tension cables to the sparkvice may be applied, for instance, to the ing plugs of internal combustion engines screw-threaded terminal 9 of a sparking without the necessity of employing nuts and plug it and serve to retain a magneto high washers or like devices for this purpose, the tension cable 2' in position with respect thereclip according to this invention being readily to, the portions (Z encircling the said termi- 60 attached to or detached from. the sparking nal 9 moving outwardly in opposite direcplug or other member with which it 00- tions and effecting a double gripping action operates. on the said terminal 9, upon manual pressure The invention is illustrated, by way of eX- on the portion f of the device being relaxed,

l5 ample, with reference to the accompanying without any tendency of the device to be dis- 5 drawing, in which: placed by vibration.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a clip WVhat I claim is embodying the invention attached to a spark- A spring clip of spring wire or the like ing plug and securing thereto a magneto high bent intermediate its ends to form a spring tension cable. coil, projected at diametrically opposite 70 Figure 2 is a plan View of the clip depoints of the coil to form limbs, formed at tached, and the forward terminal of each limb into a fully Figure 3 is a plan view of the clip detached closed loop, both loops being bet-ween the but showing the approximate position occulimbs to permit such loops to be brought into pied by the relative parts thereof when the full registry, the terminals of the wire be- 75 clip is being attached to or detached from the yond the loops being formed into substansparking plug or other member with which tially closed coils, arranged wholly beyond it co-operates. the loops and in planes substantially paral- Referring to the drawing, a denotes in lel and at right angles to the planes of the general the wire clip, the wire being made of loops. n steel or other suitable metal. The clip is In testimony whereofIhave hereby signed made in one piece and comprises laterally my name. spaced limbs 2) connected together resiliently WVILLIAM HARRY LAlVLEY. at one end thereof by a. coiled portion 0, which may be constituted by bending or winding the wire one or more times, the said portion tending to separate the said limbs. The limbs are also provided, intermediate the free ends thereof and the portion 0, with coiled inwardly directed portions (Z, which may also be constituted by bending or winding the wire one or more times so as to afford openings 6 between the limbs, the free ends of the limbs being similarly formed to afford portions f to permit the device to be manipas ulated by the finger and thumb when attaching or detaching the same, the said portions 7 being preferably upwardly and outwardly inclined to facilitate such manipulation. In normal position, the portions (Z slightly 

